
Originally Posted by
Shadow Kisuragi
"Nickel and diming" is done at the consumer's behest. If the consumer wants DLC, the consumer will purchase DLC. If the consumer purchased the game used, the consumer can decide on whether to support the people who developed the game instead of a company looking to make a quick buck off people. No one forces the user to purchase or use that content.
EA owns the servers still, so they reserve the right to remove access to the servers according to their EULA. EA would be able to differentiate the difference between "new" and "used" by usage of the code ("new" = code redemption, "used" = download from Marketplace).